Jaden Brown is one of the most highly-rated young players in the English game and many were surprised when he moved from Tottenham Hotspur to Huddersfield Town.

The 20-year-old attacking left-back has featured in the UEFA Youth League and the Premier League 2 for Spurs, and started all four of their Checkatrade Trophy matches this season, scoring in the 4-0 win over Gillingham.

An England Under 19 international, Town were lauded for stepping in and securing his services, initially for the Elite Development Squad, on a contract until June 2021.

It was an eye-catching bit of business in the January transfer window, made with the agreement the player would be found a loan move to get some first-team football under his belt.

Brown signed for Exeter City, who are seventh in League Two and aiming to make a big push for promotion under boss Matt Taylor.

He comes with a very good reputation, fans had read about him on football.london and pieces I did and were quite excited.

In years gone by, the full-backs at Exeter have not always ventured too far forward, but this is now something the manager, Matt Taylor, seems to be quite keen on.

He wants to get full-backs into the team who are overlapping, get down to the goalline and put crosses into the box.

In that sense, Jaden Brown ticks all the boxes but, unfortunately, he hasn't featured at all yet.

How many games have been played since he signed?

Jaden signed just before the Newport game on January 19 but the paperwork wasn't done in time for him to be available.

With that in mind, there have been two games, both at home, which have brought a 1-0 win over Cambridge United and a 3-1 win over MK Dons.

The interesting thing with the Cambridge game is that Craig Woodman has been the preferred left-back for much of the season but, for that game, Matt Taylor brought Kane Wilson into the team, who was signed on loan from West Brom earlier this season.

Wilson, in fact, is a right-back, but he has very similar traits to Jaden Brown in that he is quite attack-minded, likes to get forward and join in with the forward raiding.

Matt decided for the Cambridge game, though, to play Wilson at left-back and Jaden Brown wasn't even included on the bench.

Jaden Brown in action for Tottenham Hotspur

What was said about the background to the deal at the Exeter end?

Nothing other than it was an exciting signing.

Fans had looked at his background with Tottenham, where he has done well, and he fitted the bill for what Exeter needed at the time.

They were delighted to sign a young, attacking full-back and people were looking forward to seeing him - they thought it was a really good signing.

Obviously he went to Huddersfield and then came straight down on loan, so people didn't know too much about him but were really looking forward to seeing him perform.

How have Exeter been playing?

To be fair to Jaden, Exeter have actually defended really well throughout January.

They had clean sheets at Swindon and at home to Morecambe before conceding only one at Newport.

Then in the latest two matches, both of which have been won, they've conceded just once against MK Dons.

So it's been tough for Jaden really, and he probably hasn't had the opportunity that he perhaps thought he might have had.

Exeter have been defending really well.

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What does boss Matt Taylor say about Brown for Carlisle trip this weekend?

He told us Jaden is fine and played in a Reserve game on Tuesday but just hasn't really had the chance.

Matt explained Craig Woodman is the experienced left-back ahead of him at the moment and Kane Wilson was played in that position against Cambridge for specific reasons.

The manager told us Jaden will get his opportunity, he has no doubt about that. He said he's a good player as well, athletic and gets stuck in - and a player who the fans would really like to see play, but everyone has to be patient at the moment.

He says Exeter are only leaving out one or two each weekend, but those one or two are good players.

How has Jaden done in training?

The manager says he has definitely impressed in training and he needs to keep doing so in game situations so his opportunity will come.

He feels with 16 games left Exeter are a bit low on bodies, so when the Saturday-Tuesday games come with travelling, injuries and suspensions then Jaden Brown has to be ready to take his opportunity.